Don’t let the high pay fool you. Avoid this place. - Marketing Manager Palo Alto Networks Employee Review

1.0
May 29, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Pay is great, and some of the leaders are truly exceptional.

Cons

Truly the most toxic workplace I have ever been a part of. The CMO doesn’t seem to have any handle on his team. The organization has hemorrhaged wonderfully talented individuals. I have lost count at the number of people who have lasted under a year because of toxicity from leadership within Cortex and SASE. Unfortunately, these toxic leaders are empowered by the very top so I don’t see anything changing soon. Benefits suck as well. The dismal 401k matching and horrible insurance needs to get fixed.

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

Largest cyber security company in the world with an ever-expanding portfolio

Cons

Largest cyber security company in the world with an ever-expanding portfolio. They buy companies quicker than they can integrate them and is the antithesis of a caring employer. Nikesh could layoff 80% of employees tomorrow and the stock would still skyrocket. I decided to pursue a new opportunity after CyberArk was acquired and prior to giving my official two week notice I let my team know, and started training them in our brand new cutting edge solutions so that they could take over my workload without any roadblocks or hiccups. As soon as I put in my two week notice the company locks me out and cuts off all of my benefits and does not pay me for the notice that I have given, putting my family in a very precarious place during the interim of my work. This is by far one of the most classless things I’ve seen a company do, please watch out for yourself at Palo because no one in management will. I am extremely passionate about the space that I operate in and often found myself working 12 hour days- the ability to have work life balance at a place like Palo Alto is zero.

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